Wichita eagle., 1887-10-21

great importance May take the liberty o
inquiring the Nance of those about to offciat
IN your behalff7
i have none as yet replied the yount
provincial II shall probably take the frs
two soldiers l happen to meet; any one, u
short. have no acquaintance in Paris =
whom can apply"
"Then, monsieur" said Staub. II may vent
ure to make a proposal Whenever / have
leisure moment am generally to be found q
shooting gallery where some of the hes
marksren are in the habit Of practicing, ant
am not altogether tyro myself There
fore, as you are unprovided with seconds, il
you viii condescend to accept my services
and those of NJ Sakoskyn-
"Most willingly" interrupted Symphorien
who desired nothing better. you have an
ticipated my wish, and saved me an intinity
of trouble
Three hours later, the two adversaries and
their seconds arrived punctually at the spo'
| fixed upon for the encounter. At the sight Of
his tailor and bootmaker Rogue stared il
amazement; and, advancing angrily toward
| them, inquired what business they had there
lis this time or place" he cried, "for pes
tering me with your COMPOUNDED blilsi'
"Oh, NJ. Rogue" protested Staub, ~hou
could you suspect Us of such an unwarrant
! able liberty We are here not as tradesmen
] but in the honorable capacity Of seconds te
II. Baliveau.'
"Whatp exclaimed Rogue, who could
hardly believe his ears; @he has chosen your
HE could not well do otherwise You
| gave him our names and addresses. and as be
knew no one else in Paris, he was only toe
glad TO avail himself OF our services
Roque's sense Of humor, although by nc
means prominent feature in his character
was so irresisibly tickled by the comicality
of the situation that he laughed outright
Profiting by this unwonted geniality, his two
creditors eioquently implored him to be mer.
| ciful
CONSIDER, monsieur" said Sakosky, "if you
| deprive us Of so excellent a customer, what Q
loss 1t will be to both of us. A perfect treas.
ure, who pays without bargaining, and before
the goods are deliveredl These are hard
times, II. Rogue"
"And we have so many bad debts ON our
| books" insiuuated Staub
Apparently not relishing the last allusion,
Rogue pushed them unceremoniously aside,
and, strIding up to wbe-s his adversary was
Standing, eyed him curiously.
.You are a sharper fellow than took YOU
for,H be s,id.
| ain what wayr' asked Baliveau.
| "You know how to get out of a scrape with
out compromising yourself. Tell me, what
made you SO bent on duel last nightln
ambition" frankly replied the provincial.
Il wished for celebrity, and saw no better
| method of attaining it."
"Ahl you are afflicted with that manial
| SO was once, but have outlived that folly.
| Well, your wish shall be gratifed and more
easily than mine was. Get Into my cabriolet ;
when we are seen together, people will say Of
| you, There is the first man who ever went
out with Rogue. and came back safe and
soundr Jump in, lest l change my mind
and that would be the worse for you'll"
Symphorien needed no second hint, but
| took his seat beside his companion, by whom
he was driven back to Paris, and paraded for
| full hour along the boulevard. At length
they stopped opposite Tortonis. THAT will
do" said Rogue; ave part company here.
Enjoy your celebrity while you can. and II It
shouldn't last, don't blame me. Adieul"
Stepping out of the cabriolet, and saluting
his late antagonist with 1aunty air, Bali
veau, agreeably conscious that he was the-ob-
ject OF universal attention, proceeded leisurely
to the Cafe de Paris then the restaurant In
vogue), where he dinel, and felt that, from the
dame de compton to the attending waiter
every eye was upon him. During the rest Of
the evening his thirst for notoriety was salts.
fed beyond his anticipation: as he passed
strangers whispered TO each other, and glanced
at him with respectful admiration AT
last, he said to himself, when lie had strolled
for the twentieth time from the Rue Grange
Batchere to the Chausee d'Antin, and yice
versa-"at last, l am somebody's
Alas for the instability Of human felicityi
The hero OF the hour had not counted on the
proverbial fickleness Of the Parisians. Next
day q heavy fall took place Mt the Bourse, and
on his appearance on the boulevard In the
afternoon "a change had come DER the spirit
of his dream" To hts amazement and dis
comfture, constant succession Of preoccu-
pied spectators, with scared or jubilant
faces, as the case might be, hurried along
without pausing even to glance at him; he
was alone in the crowd, his presence I'M
Needed, nay. his very existence forgotten. At
Tortoni's 10 one honored him with look Of
recognition; the cours de Ia rente wrs the abb
sorbing topic everywhere discussed; and even
at the Cafe de Paris The waiter, who had YES
terday minis:ered 70 his wants with deferen-
tial alacrity, now served him mechanically,
without the faintest apparent recollection Of
ever having set eyes on him before.
This was the coup de grace, and the disap-
pointed Bahvesn was forced to acknowledge
that his brief span OF notoriety was at an end.
Celebrity" he muttered, as weary and dis
pirited lie returned TO his hotel, rs pleasant
enough while it lasts. but it is over too soon.
~ Ill taI- ,,,.o ~ I.
rejecting bow narrowly he had escaped be-
coming q target FOR the terrible Roque's I'M
errins aim, decidedly the game is not worth
the candle. Temple Bar
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cident Of birth in France 70 make a French
man, or in Holland 10 make DufcnInan. or
III Cork 10 make an IrisAman, 80 II requires
something more than the accident Of birth
within the geographical BOUNDARY ~ this
America 10 make a Yankee \ person born
In Patagonia, OF Mongolan or Ethiopian "a
rents, Is no less an American than a person
born i'll Chicago or Washington of foreign
parents. But neither the one nor the other il
by reason Of TIE accident OF birth Yankee.
The names Briton, German, Irish. YANKEES.
etc, denote distinct families OF men tia. are
distinguisbable from each other, as the chill
dren Of different parents are, by certain fam
lily bkenesses and uuiikeuesses which nrs not
obliterated by mere place Of birth. To OBJ
literate them there must take place what ts
called rs imitation, and this rarely appears in
the fist generation, and never in tbs case OF
foreigners Of different race
Among parsons OF kindred Yaces, th. pro- |
cess q assimilation Is more rapid. The or |
spring Of BTitons IN this country ore nos |
easily distinguished from the purest YANKEES;
IN fact. BrItons themselves woo migrate la /
sariy life are not, race and language being \